The First Gentleman
The gripping new political thriller from the bestselling authors of The President is Missing
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4.3 • 38 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The global number one bestselling authors team up again for a gripping political thriller, unravelling a shocking murder accusation at the White House.
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Clinton and Patterson are back. And they're better than ever.
The President of the United States is up for re-election.
Her husband is on trial for murder.
Is the First Gentleman a killer?
A pair of brilliant investigative journalists set out to answer that burning question.
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‘Bill Clinton reveals key White House details in murderous new political thriller… It’s a twisty thriller with plenty of inside jobs, political sabotage and many, many deaths’ USA Today
'It's a novel that only those two could conjure up... gripping.' BBC Online
‘I really enjoyed it, read it in just two sittings.’ Ross King, ITV Lorraine
'Even better and more political than its predecessors... A gripping tale that leaps off the page’ Daily Mail
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PRAISE FOR THE PRESIDENT IS MISSING
'The political thriller of the decade' Lee Child
'A bullet train of a thriller' A.J. Finn
'A first-rate collaboration... Engrossing from page one' David Baldacci
'This book moves like Air Force One. Big and fast' Michael Connelly
'A big, splashy juggernaut of a novel ... truly authentic' Harlan Coben
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Readers are raving about The First Gentleman...
***** 'It was fun, suspenseful, and definitely gripping to see what was going to happen. James Patterson is a legend in this field and it was fun to see former President Clinton as his co-writer.'
***** 'Gets more suspenseful as it prgresses, until I literally could not put it down till I had finished the novel. The characters of Maddie, Brea and Garrett are particularly well drawn. An excellent read, and one which I highly recommend.'
***** 'When one of the most popular and best selling novelists in the world teams up with the man who knows everything there is to know about American politics, you just know it is going to be a thrilling page turner!'
Customer Reviews
All about that pace
3.5 stars
Authors
American. JP is the most prolific and highest earning novelist ever, while Bubba was POTUS back in the 90s, when the world was a simpler place, even if we didn’t think so at the time. (See footnote) This is their third fictional collaboration. All are based around Presidents from the Democratic party, surprise, surprise.
In brief
The female Prez and her male COS (chief of staff) are trying to get bipartisan support (no chance of that nowadays) for ground breaking social contract-type legislation that will be her legacy. They and her titular hubby were all at Dartmouth together back in the day. Hubby was a hot-shot tight end. (Tay-Tay’s romance with Travis means fictional American footballers don’t all have to be quarterbacks any more.) A knee injury limited his NFL career to three seasons, which means still he has most of his marbles. He needs them when the remains of a cheerleader who disappeared 17 years ago turn up and he’s charged with murder. Investigative reporters are on the case. Mysterious forces are at work behind the scenes. More people get dead. There’s a trial, a mob connection, everything but the kitchen sink basically, yada, yada, the end.
Writing
JP proves, yet again, that if you maintain a brisk enough narrative pace, plot holes, dodgy courtroom scenes, and character development don’t matter. Bubba chipped in with the Presidential stuff, I presume, but they’re both old white men. What possessed them to think they could make a young black female protagonist work? Spoiler alert: They don’t. Not even close.
Footnote
IMO, things would be a whole lot better if Martin Sheen were still Prez. (Gen Z readers should ask ChatGPT about that reference.)